Senate probes prep for MacArthur hearing in secret papers
Senate investigators study top secret Defense Department files ahead of Gen. Douglas MacArthur appearance. A Joint Chiefs of Staff document dated January 12, 1951 is cited as backing MacArthur’s claims. No public testimony slated. session to be closed.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Defense Department
Joint Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs
Russell
Pleasant Tuesday Noted for Home Projects Across Pa
A warm Tuesday spurred residents to open windows and doors and install screen doors and windows. Women wore shorts while cleaning windows and tending flower beds. Hawthorn street fruit trees bloomed with peach and apple. An air conditioning unit was raised atop a building in Apple alley drawing attention. A North Crawford avenue resident planned upcoming vacation days while working on repairs.
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City
Newe
Hawthorne Street
Apple Alley
Crawford Avenue
Daily Weather Report
Mostly fair with slightly warmer in the north portion today. To morrow cloudy and warm with scattered showers possible. 24 hour period ending 9 am shows a maximum of 83 and a minimum of 46 with no precipitation and a river stage of 7.8 feet. Year ago comparable date had a 58 high, 40 low, and 0.01 inches of rain.
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United States
Price Control For Wholesalers Next
Chicago May 2 IN SI Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle announced wholesalers will next be subjected to price control. Regulations are expected to be issued within ten days.
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Chicago
INSI
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Two Soldiers Fatally Hurt On Route 18
Two soldiers died when their military sedan collided with a large truck near the junction of New Wilmington and Sharon roads seven miles north of the city on Route 18. Coroner Charles Allen and hospital officials identified the dead as Pvt. 1st Class Edward Wotkiewicz, 24, Beaver Falls, and Pvt. John J. Kalcevic, 26, New Brighton. They were believed to be in military police service.
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New Wilmington
Sharon
Charles Allen
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Edward Wotkiewicz
R. D
Beaver Falls
John J. Kalcevic
New Brighton
Labor-Management Committee Named To Advise Wilson
Washington May 2 an elaborate labor management committee system was set up to advise Defense Mobilizer Wilson on manpower. The top level policy group will make recommendations on mobilization training and utilization of the labor force with co chairmen Dr Arthur S Flemming and former Sen Graham. The panel aims to address a looming labor shortfall as the seven million two hundred thousand new workers are needed for the defense program.
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Washington
Defense
Wilson
Arthur S. Flemming
Sen
Graham
N. C
Labor Department Defense
Vogeler To Tell Story Of Torture In Hungary
New York May 2 Robert A Vogeler 39 International Telephone and Telegraph executive to hold news conference at 3 30 p m to recount his 17 months of imprisonment in Communist Hungary His wife Lucille 38 and their two sons accompanied him as he rested in the Roosevelt hotel presidential suite after returning from Vienna amid nervous strain.
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New York
INS
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
International Telephone & Telegraph
Vogeler
Vienna
Lucille
Roosevelt Hotel
State Department
Roofer Impales Self On Fence in Pittsburgh Fall
A 35 year old Pittsburgh roofer James Ecofs died after his ladder collapsed sending him about 20 feet to land on a fence spike. Police halted the spike with a hacksaw and he was taken to a city hospital for treatment.
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Roofer
Pittsburgh
INS
James Ecofs
Ecofs
Austin Sets UN Korea Policy to Smash Aggression
Lake Success New York May 2 United Nations diplomats endorsed Warren Austin's policy to repel North Korean aggression and unite Korea without widening the war. Austin said the aim is peace with no appeasement and that the UN should drive out invaders and establish a unified democratic Korea with allied unity.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
U. S
Warren Austin
U. N
Korea
Austin
Douglas MacArthur
Chicago
Lake
Korean Republic
U.N
Truman Not Planning To Recall O Dwyer
The White House said President Truman does not plan to recall former New York Mayor William O Dwyer from his post as U S Ambassador to Mexico. The Kefauver Committee charged O Dwyer aided organized crime but the president’s plan remains not to act.
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Washington
INS
White House
Truman
New York
William O'Dwyer
U. S
Mexico
O'Dwyer
Kefauver Crime Committee
Joseph Short
Short
Farmers Battle Road Closing In Little Beaver
Farmers in Little Beaver township resist the new Pennsylvania Turnpike extension crossing highway 356. They block the planned closure with farm machinery and seek either an underpass or purchase of their farms while awaiting a viewers hearing. A separate note reports Charles Croan, hitchhiker, taken ill and admitted to Jameson Memorial hospital.
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Concord
Little Beaver Township
Little Beaver
D. W. Winkleman Co., Inc
Enon Valley
Little Beaver Lads
Winkleman Company
Court House
Turnpike Commission
Verdun
Hope Seen For End Of Transit Strike In Detroit
Mayor Albert E. Cobo proposes a three year contract to end Detroit's 12 day transit strike. He met with the Detroit Street Railways Commission and a no strike pledge is included in the offer to the striking bus and streetcar drivers.
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Detroit
A F of L Bus
Albert E. Cobo
Cobo
Detroit Street Railways Commission
Delay Continues On Route 18 Sunken Highway Repair
Lawrence County faces another delay as fill material contract falls through and the gap along Route 18 near the city remains unfilled. Crews will source new material and restart work within two weeks, with detours in place for traffic until the road is restored.
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Lawrence County
Route 18
Martin
Casualties in Korea rise to sixty two thousand seven hundred ninety nine
The Defense department reports 62 799 American casualties in Korea up 1 055 from last week. Of these 9 603 killed in action and 42 246 wounded with 1 110 dying later and 10 950 missing. Totals by service: Army 52 305 Marine Corps 9 278 Navy 668 Air Force 548. Week’s totals reflect records through the prior Friday.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
Korea
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Senate crime chief orders swift racketeering laws
Washington May 2 The new Senate crime investigation head ordered rapid drafting of nationwide anti crime and racketeering laws. Sen O Connor Maryland successor to former Chairman Relatives Tennessee said lawmakers should act while the evidence remains fresh and will confer with federal agency officials in days ahead on the proposals.
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Washington
INS
Senate Crime Investigation
Sen. O'Connor
Civilian Government Jobs Rise in March
The Byrd economy committee reports civilian employment in the military establishment rose by 1 625 daily in March, totaling a 50 396 monthly increase with 28 000 white collar and 32 000 industrial workers. Overall civilian employment in the executive branch climbed by 56 166 to 2 364 000.
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Washington
INS
Byrd Economy Committee
Senate House
New Plan Aims to Break Deadlock Among Four Deputies
Paris reports that the Big Four deputies may back a three point proposal. The agenda would place German demilitarization first, then review alleged violations of the Italian peace treaty over Trieste, and finally consider the Trieste issue itself.
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Paris
INS
Trieste
Detroit Man Escapes Jail By Tooth Pain Excuse
Kenneth Brown, 24, dodged jail for a reckless driving charge after claiming a recent tooth extraction and one drink to dull the pain. He produced the tooth from his pocket while denying liquor on his breath during court questioning.
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Detroit
Kenneth Brown
Brown
Completing Plans For Laying Cornerstone At New Church Sunday
The Central Presbyterian church building committee in Neshannock township announces the cornerstone laying for the new edifice on Sunday May 6 at 3 p m at the site. Dr Robert F Galbreath pastor of First Presbyterian church will be main speaker. A metal box with church history and autographed scroll of living members will be placed in the corner stone.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Neshannock Township
Robert F. Galbreath
First Presbyterian Church
Dawson to Testify on RFC Influence Ring Probe
Washington May 2 The stage is set for Donald Dawson to testify before the Reconstruction Finance Corp probe subcommittee on May 10. White House approved, Dawson promised to send formal acceptance. GOP senators say he must answer questions and may help clear up the year long RFC investigation.
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Washington
Donald Dawson
Farright
D) Ark
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Dawson
White House
Senate
Sen. Capehart
Ind
GOP
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
William Boyle
Sen Bennett
Utah
General Van Fleet Says Reds Halted In First Phase
Lt Gen James A Van Fleet announced on May 2 that the Red spring offensive has ended in a great UN victory. He predicted a tougher second assault will be met with heavy enemy losses as UN patrols press north of Seoul and air power targets Red reinforcements. More than 80 000 enemy casualties were reported as UN forces continue operations along the 100 mile Korean battlefront.
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van Fleet
U. N
Acme
Korea
Seoul
United Nations
No-Man's Land
Hwachon
Hwachon-Chunchon
United States Navy
Hwachon Reservoir
Han
Pukhan Rivers
Tokyo
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
International News Service
Rafael Steinberg
West Central
U. S. Navy
International Eighth Army
Uijongbu
Inje
Death Record Listings for May 2, 1951
Local death notices include Mrs. Lillian Rubenson of 109 North Street, Mrs. Charles Strohecker, 92, Chauncey P. Swagger, 81 of New Galilee R.D. 1, and Steven Fracul, 85 of 523 Lyndal Street.
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Lillian Rubenson
North Street
Charles Strohecker
Little Beaver Township
Chauncey P. Swagger
New Galilee
R.D
Steven Fracul
Lyndal Street
Towel Bell Gaffe Sparks Heat in Heatwave Day
A playful remark about a clever towel with a bell causing laughter as a household searches for the towel in a hot eighty five degree day. The wife finally reveals its proper place, ending the moment with comic relief.
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